Re: Scripting Internet Connection
Re: Scripting Internet Connection
- Subject: Re: Scripting Internet Connection
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:44:43 -0500
- Thread-topic: Scripting Internet Connection
on 2006-01-17 8:58 PM, David C Andrews at email@hidden wrote:
> Is there any way to script the Internet Connection (PPPoE in the Menu
> Bar that shows as <>)? UlElementInspector show the menu name as ""
> so there appears that there is no way to "Connect" or "Disconnect"
> using script on the Menu Bar. Any help would be appreciated. (I do not
> want to have to open a control panel to do this, unless it can be
> hidden -- not come up even briefly.)
If there is no menu title, try 'menu 1'.
Here's an example of how to control menu items in "menu extras" at the right
end of the menu bar. It requires Tiger, because menu extras weren't
scriptable in Panther (or at least not very much).
-- TURN OFF BLUETOOTH POWER
-- Set the bluetoothIndex to suit your setup
-- (for best stability, count from the end)
property bluetoothIndex : -6
activate application "SystemUIServer"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "SystemUIServer"
set bluetoothItem to menu bar item bluetoothIndex of menu bar 1
click bluetoothItem
tell menu 1 of bluetoothItem
if title of menu item 1 does not start with "BlueTooth" then
beep
display dialog "This is not the BlueTooth menu extra."
buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"
return
end if
if title of menu item 2 ends with "Off" then
click menu item 2
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
But the Internet Connect application is scriptable and has 'connect' and
'disconnect' commands.
--
Bill Cheeseman - email@hidden
Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA
http://www.quecheesoftware.com
PreFab Software - http://www.prefab.com/scripting.html
The AppleScript Sourcebook - http://www.AppleScriptSourcebook.com
Vermont Recipes - http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/VermontRecipes
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